How to say "bank" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningbank
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَنْك
bankבנך
بنك
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בנק
bankبَانْك
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Not an ancient cognate — both Hebrew בנק and Arabic بنك are modern borrowings of the same international word 'bank' (ultimately Italian banca, 'bench', the medieval moneylender's counter), so they simply arrived at the same place from opposite directions.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
بَانْكَة
bānkaבאנכהDarija says bānka.
In a phrase
أَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْبَنْك
adhhabu ilā al-bankאד'הב אלא אל-בנךI go to the bank
Plural
بُنُوك
bunūkבנוךa native-style broken plural fitted to the loanword, CuCūC